盡量

See also: 尽量

Chinese

		to use up; to exhaust; to end to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth)	capacity; quantity; amount capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; to measure
trad. (盡量)		盡	量
simp. (尽量^*)		尽	量

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jìnliàng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon⁶ loeng⁶
Min Nan (POJ): chīn-liōng / chǐn-liōng / chīn-liāng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: jìnliàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinnlianq
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    儘量／尽量
    盡量／尽量
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: zeon⁶ loeng⁶
  - Yale: jeuhn leuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen⁶ loeng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zên⁶ lêng⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɵn²² lœːŋ²²/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    儘量／尽量
    盡量／尽量
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīn-liōng
  - Tâi-lô: tsīn-liōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cixnliong
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕin³³⁻²¹ liɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕin²²⁻²¹ liɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕin³³⁻¹¹ liɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chǐn-liōng
  - Tâi-lô: tsǐn-liōng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕin²² liɔŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīn-liāng
  - Tâi-lô: tsīn-liāng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cixnliang
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕin³³⁻²¹ liaŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕin²²⁻²¹ liaŋ²²/

Verb

盡量

to reach the limit
他喝酒有節制，不盡量。 [MSC, trad.]
他喝酒有节制，不尽量。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā hējiǔ yǒu jiézhì, bù jìnliàng. [Pinyin]
He drinks in moderation and doesn't reach his limit.

Usage notes

Often confused with 儘量／尽量 (jǐnliàng, “to the best of one's ability”) in speech and writing.

See also

儘早／尽早 (jǐnzǎo)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 盡量 – see 儘量 (“as much as possible; to the greatest extent; to the best of one's ability”). (This term, 盡量, is a variant form of 儘量.)

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